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Mashup Score: 17‘Josh Fight’ began online a year ago. Last weekend, a crowd of people named Josh showed up to duel with pool noodles. - 3 year(s) ago
A sea of people named Josh wielding foam noodles battled for more than 10 minutes until there was only one Josh standing: 4-year-old Joshua Vinson Jr.
Source: Washington PostCategories: Infectious Disease, Latest HeadlinesTweet
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Mashup Score: 21Wolters Kluwer Health - 3 year(s) ago
JavaScript Error JavaScript has been disabled on your browser. You must enable it to continue. Here’s how to enable JavaScript in the following browsers: Internet Explorer From the Tools menu, select Options Click the Content tab Select Enable…
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PrEP does more than prevent HIV. New from @WhitneyCSewell, @douglaskrakower, @khmayer1, & me: PrEP motivates engagement in primary care, especially when clinicians are nonjudgmental, and provides users a positive sense of control over their broader health. https://t.co/lLx4WHyYG6
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Mashup Score: 31Biden Has the Power to Vaccinate the World - 3 year(s) ago
He should use it.
Source: The AtlanticCategories: Infectious Disease, Latest HeadlinesTweet-
"Last year, Donald Trump threw away the opportunity to vaccinate the world. President Biden now has the power to correct that tragic mistake. Doing so immediately is in the U.S.’ and the world’s best interests." Read @ChelseaClinton and Achal Prabhala: https://t.co/E0VPwUlUV0
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Mashup Score: 20
We can no longer ignore the science or leave effective (and cost-saving) interventions untried.
Source: BostonGlobe.comCategories: Infectious Disease, Latest HeadlinesTweet-
"It is time for Boston to be a true leader in its response to these overlapping public health crises and finally open a safe consumption space." https://t.co/NPdGpcUjk2
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Mashup Score: 13
The Times found a pattern of neglect and secrecy that helped fuel outbreaks both inside and outside ICE detention facilities.
Source: www.nytimes.comCategories: Infectious Disease, Latest HeadlinesTweet-
"ICE detention facilities had an average infection rate 5 times that of prisons and 20 times that of the general population... detainees staged peaceful protests to draw attention to these conditions, and were violently punished by detention center staff." https://t.co/cPVaHXjrNo
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Mashup Score: 24HIV Preexposure Prophylaxis and Sexual Satisfaction Among Men Who Have Sex with Men - PubMed - 3 year(s) ago
In this large online survey of primarily men who have sex with men, those who used preexposure prophylaxis reported greater sexual satisfaction than non-users, including sexual sensations, sexual presence/awareness, and sexual exchange. Person-centered care and messaging may require acknowledging th …
Source: PubMedCategories: Infectious Disease, Latest HeadlinesTweet-
PrEP research has centered on HIV, STIs, or "risky" sexual behavior, obscuring other ways that PrEP can affect health. New from me, @WhitneyCSewell, @khmayer1, and @douglaskrakower: we found that PrEP use was associated with greater sexual satisfaction. 3/ https://t.co/iVtJmlOZj0
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Mashup Score: 22The American Journal of Public Health (AJPH) from the American Public Health Association (APHA) publications - 3 year(s) ago
American Journal of Public Health (AJPH) from the American Public Health Association (APHA)
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Pleasure is devalued in public health, esp in research on marginalized people. E.g.: Research on Black men's sexuality perpetuates narratives of disease and danger, while inequitable access to PrEP reinforces structural barriers to pleasure. @rikoamour 4/ https://t.co/cOigEcXP37
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Mashup Score: 243Vaccinated People Are Going to Hug Each Other - 3 year(s) ago
The vaccines are phenomenal. Belaboring their imperfections—and telling people who receive them never to let down their guard—carries its own risks.
Source: The AtlanticCategories: Infectious Disease, Latest HeadlinesTweet-
Delighted to see today's evidence-based guidelines from @CDCgov for fully vaccinated people. Vaccines provide a true reduction of risk, not a false sense of security. My thoughts from January on why this is a public health win: https://t.co/iqdQb7wWvt
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Mashup Score: 66
There is widespread unawareness and disbelief regarding the evidence-based conclusion that people who have a sustained undetectable HIV viral load cannot sexually transmit HIV—ie, undetectable=untransmittable (U=U). Long-standing, misguided fear about HIV transmission persists; consequently, so does the policing of sexual expression and the penalisation of pleasure faced by people with HIV. Many…
Source: The Lancet HIVCategories: Infectious Disease, Latest HeadlinesTweet-
Withholding info on #UequalsU out of concern about behavior change is unethical, scientifically unsound, and an infringement on the sexual health and rights of people with HIV. New viewpoint/podcast from Sarah Calabrese, @khmayer1, & me in @TheLancetHIV: https://t.co/ZKQjbiHk68
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Mashup Score: 4Risk And COVID-19: Are We Talking About It All Wrong? - 3 year(s) ago
Did experts and leaders get the message right when the pandemic began? Are they getting it right now?
Source: www.wbur.orgCategories: Infectious Disease, Latest HeadlinesTweet-
It's worth listening to all 47 minutes of this rich interview on risk communication and the importance of mutual trust in public health, with @JenniferNuzzo, @zeynep, and @dropeik on @OnPointRadio. https://t.co/bV9hNE0eZQ
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Briefly interrupting your doomscrolling to restore your faith in humanity https://t.co/z9t8YxEPZy